rotor

engine part

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gasoline engines

  • V-type engine
    In gasoline engine: Rotary (Wankel) engines

    …has an equilateral triangular orbiting rotor. The rotor turns in a closed chamber, and the three apexes of the rotor maintain a continuous sliding contact with the curved inner surface of the casing. The curve-sided rotor forms three crescent-shaped chambers between its sides and the curved wall of the casing.…

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